January 23, 2026

Roadmap 2026 - Building a Bright Future for Argleton

Hi everyone!

This time, I want to share a post covering what I learned last year and what’s coming in 2026 essentially, I want to share my development vision with you.

1. Yui’s Story - The Tournament Arc (2025)

In 2025, I invested a massive amount of time working on the Tournament Arc. In hindsight, this was somewhat counterproductive as it wasn't very popular within the community. As a developer, this can be a bit discouraging, but the important thing is to take these lessons to heart.

I believe my first mistake was making Yui feel like a secondary character, while placing Shizuka and Cassie at the center. Let’s be honest: Cassie is among the top 3 least popular girls, whereas Yui is a main girl. Additionally, both Yaeko and Masami are very "niche" characters, so they didn't generate much traction. Having so many characters in one arc made the pacing feel too slow, and the high number of conflicts distracted from the erotic events.

Unfortunately, I didn't detect these issues at the time because I was going through a period of extreme burnout. After taking some time to rest, I’ve gained a much clearer perspective.

I have been adjusting the story to speed up the pacing and bring Yui back to the main stage. Cassie has completed her development arc, so I don't plan much for her for now beyond the bare minimum. Instead, I plan to add more erotic scenes with Yui, Shizuka, and Kaede. Regarding Princesses Masami and Yaeko, they still need content, and they will get it.

2. Maintaining Recent Momentum

My goal for future content is to keep working the way I did with Charlotte and Prim. As a developer, those updates were fun to make, and the current work on Luna has kept me very productive. I feel the current pacing is at the "sweet spot," especially when paired with new animations and sounds.

Content polls will continue and will be reset starting from version 0.10.6. I might combine content for Maxy, Mary, and Liz into a single update, since they have received the fewest votes in recent polls.

3. New Goals: Remastering Animations?

I’ve thought about remastering the game's older animations, but I know that means dedicating extra development time that isn't currently in the schedule.

To be honest, as much as I’d like to, I’ve seen other projects fall into "infinite remake cycles," and I don't think it's a smart path to take. However, it could be interesting to set Patreon goals; if reached, I’d be encouraged to focus extra time on this. Otherwise, no. After my last bout of burnout, it’s not an experience I want to repeat.

4. Lots of New Features!

With the Luna update, a highly requested feature will arrive: Interactions. You will be able to hug, kiss, hold hands, or give headpats, all depending on your Love level (Handholding will require 10 red hearts!).

For now, this will be exclusive to Luna for testing purposes, but my plan is to implement this for every girl (Layla in version 0.10.6, etc.).

Additionally, we'll see things like Gothic versions of certain girls or meeting their "Alters" (this depends on your feedback too), similar to what happened with Azalea in Prim’s story.

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I’ll reveal more news in the future, as I’m working on several things behind the scenes including a new map for the game, but I’ll share those once they are in a more advanced stage of development.

That’s all for now! It’s hard to condense so much information into one post, and I’m definitely leaving some things out, but if I make it any longer, no one will read it hahaha.

I’ll sign off now, and I hope you like all the news coming in 2026!

I’ll be keeping an eye on your comments.

Take care!

 Stawer

Comments (18)

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Ken · January 27, 2026

If there’s only going to be a single-shot sexual animation, I’d rather you create new content.

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Stawer · January 27, 2026

this is an extra, for a update. It does not replace planned content, but that means more hours of work, so the ideal would be to set goals

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Red Neko · January 25, 2026

If you already think about adding goth look changes please give me the permanent style change for layla from the beach volleybal scene what I asked you before. This look was so sexy. That one with green bikini, green lipstick and this hot hairstyle. And I hope I don't have to wait a lot longer for Laylas mom. I don't need renewed animations for old sceenes, no more I wish all old sceenes stay unchanged

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Stawer · January 27, 2026

i like that style too, next one is Layla's update

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Tacokingkarma · January 24, 2026

i honestly loved the tourney arc while yes my bbg yui was on the back end i did like that shizu and cass got more screen time but overall i loved getting the back story for the girls the scenes where cool but the story made me want to keep playing even if the update didn't have scenes

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Chris Martin · January 24, 2026

I enjoyed the tournament arc. It did feel a little rushed on some things. But I did love the overall story though. I loved the villain addition that made us like and dislike her at times instead of just hating her like with Felicia. She had a good villain story and it worked. I like Cass overall, and she has potential, but I agree she needs more of a build up to make her more relatable. Overall, the game is amazing and any new content is welcomed and enjoyed. Even if it’s not my favorite content for an update here and there, I still enjoy the story progression and new lore. With that said, I’m ready for Liz to get more love. She’s one of my favorites due to how crazy her story always is, but also comes packed with a deep lore that brings the overall picture more into focus. She helps make the strange things going on seem to make more sense, even when she doesn’t always make sense. Just know not everyone will love everything and that will suck sometimes. What you wanted to be loved isn’t occasionally, but know it’s not always the loudest voices that are the total opinion. I don’t typically comment and just heart the posts. But I wanted you to know I love the content I just don’t talk a ton about it here. So, even if it seems like no one likes something, there are the quiet voices that do love it and your work. So, please know we are here and excited for new stories and innovations to come. (Love the goth/alt idea) Also, sorry for the somewhat rambling. I tried to make all my points into separate sections to help them make more sense separately. 🤣

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Stawer · January 27, 2026

Liz will definitely receive content, love her story!

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Jeffri M · January 24, 2026

All the girls are best girls, especially Akiko 😉

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Stawer · January 27, 2026

maybe i should add Akiko to the poll xD

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Ares · January 23, 2026

I hope my feedback is of help. This is my opinion: Tournament arc: the tournament arc isn't bad but there can be improvements, such as what you mentioned more spotlight for yui. As for Cassie I believe she had such low traction is because there wasn't really a time to bond with her, besides from knowing her main conflict, us the player didn't get to know her better and see what she's about given that the training we had with her which took months was time skipped and the only thing we had of her was the bath scene and the optional scene (spoilers) with yaeko that forces us to have sexual intercourse with her in which she didn't mind and at the end confesses her love which I felt odd at the fact and couldn't really feel satisfaction as we didn't really had bonded with her correctly. Same can be said with masami and yaeko, there just need to be more time to bond and understand them because from the little I've seen yaeko can be (and ik it sounds crazy) understandable, she has a massive problem with betrayal which can be attributed to her being strong and how she handles everyone else, so, that's what I believe for the tournament arc (I had not problems with the cute shizuka). Refresh animations: I believe it can be done without putting too much time on it by refreshing at least one old animation every 2-3 updates, it doesn't have to be more, if the time doesn't allow for one then it's not a problem since it's not a urgent problem and that way it allows for ability to get it done and also time for it (and if it doesn't again it won't be a problem). That's all I have to say, y'all have a great game and I have faith and believe in y'all ability to deliver good content so don't feel discouraged and instead view a setback like you have, an opportunity to learn and comeback stronger. I rather support someone who fails, have the ability to understand where they failed and why and overcome it than someone who just gets it right all the time.

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Stawer · January 24, 2026

yeah, u are right about Cassie, but it's part of learning experience. Writing a story as branching as LP is very difficult, and I made a mistake here, so i need to change the direction, a little. Yaeko is different, cause she is a villain character, so she need more time, But Cassie took Yui's place for a long time. My intention was to create a relationship between master (Lucky) and disciple (Cassie), but due to pacing issues, everything ended up so close together that it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to. Thank u for your words, buddy! As a developer, you never stop learning, and I don't want to let my ego force me to work on mistakes.

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Cackles · January 23, 2026

It's good to see that you are taking a metered and thoughtful approach to future development! It's easy to get accustomed to the full bore attitude you often need for a launch, but never to retrospect once you gain traction to determine a pace you can actually keep up. I will say that most likely, Mary, Maxy, and Liz receive fewer votes due to them having smaller T&A. I happen to be a fan of more delicate figures, but I genuinely find Liz's character and story the most appealing and interesting of all the girls (doesn't hurt that she's the hottest of the bunch). Her whole mental thing that's tied in with the altered/alternative/layered realities in Argleton really draws me in, and her unabashed enthusiasm is adorable and alluring. Really, Liz and Layla are the ones who are trying to unravel the mysteries of the setting, rather than just operating within their bounds. I know polling shows more interest in other girls, but I really think Liz (and her mom!) have great story potential (as well as being super hot, see above) and would love to see them fleshed out a lot more. I could make a novel of this, as a software developer of many years, but suffice to say that it seems like the new features are good value-adds and that your trajectory and approach are really healthy. I wish you a good 2026 and look forward to where you take this project!

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Stawer · January 24, 2026

idk what is T&A, but yeah, i really like Liz and Mary! There is a lot of potential in Liz arc

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supertec · January 23, 2026

Thank you for letting us know I appreciate it and can't wait to see the new stories

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Kyuujin · January 23, 2026

I genuinely enjoyed the tournament arc and how you added substance to the story and some more minor characters and such. It gives more depth to the world at large

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TheOkayestBassist · January 23, 2026

I may be the minority but I really enjoyed the tournament arc, especially Yaeko and Masami, although I do agree I don’t care much for Cassie. But good story and a fun direction IMO

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LordMistBorn · January 23, 2026

I'd love to see the animations in like a replay gallery, that way you won't have to fully remake everything and we won't have to start over from the beginning.

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Sirxtias · January 23, 2026

There's a gallery in Lucky's room after you unlock it with Sasha